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Library of Congress Control Number: 2022951063
ISBN: 978-0-69124-073-2
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-69124-074-9
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Cover and prelim photos: Front cover (clockwise from top left):
Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Chrysomelidae), Cryptocephalus
sericeus (Chrysomelidae), Mormolyce phyllodes (Carabidae),
Anthaxia candens (Buprestidae), Meloe proscarabaeus
(Meloidae), Diaperis boleti (Tenebrionidae) (top), Dytiscus
marginalis (Dytiscidae) (bottom), Malachius bipustulatus
(Melyridae), Sagra buqueti (Chrysomelidae). A photo of each
of these species in their natural habitat is included in this book.
Spine: Harmonia axyridis (Coccinellidae)
Back cover: Lamprima aurata (Lucanidae)
Page 2–3: Eupatorus birmanicus (Scarabaeidae)
Page 5: Coccinella septempunctata (Coccinellidae)
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